The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth. — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
A thriving middle class is a necessary precondition for a free representative government. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
There is no off-roading to solve income inequality for people of color. They must have broadband. — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
being in the middle class is a feeling as well as an income level. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species. — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“What is the point of being represented if it is only our image that is invited to the table?” — Mariam Khan Copy Share Image
A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by… — Harold Laski Copy Share Image
The equality among all members of the League, which is provided in the statutes giving each state only one vote, cannot of… — Hjalmar Branting Copy Share Image
Systemic racism is something that diminishes all of us. Of course its worst effects are for its victims, but our entire country… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth. — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done. — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal. — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
These economic, social, cultural and educational causes of opportunity inequality are complex. And they will not be solved by continuing with the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
We cannot live without trade. A society can neither advance nor improve without excess of disposable income. This excess can only be… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
As inequality grows, the basic bonds of social fraternity are fraying - as we discussed in regard to Occupy Wall Street. As… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“Much like the kākāpō who waddles up a hill, digs a hole and bellows into it to attract a mate, billionaires may… — Natalie Kyriacou Copy Share Image
We're now seeing levels of inequality raise their heads that we haven't seen since the age of the robber barons. If somebody… — David Simon Copy Share Image
The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
I think markets are mechanisms that determine prices that are necessary for mass heterogenous populations, and markets do generate levels of technological… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Occupying the bottom end of the inequality ladder, and becoming a 'collateral victim' of a human action or a natural disaster, interact… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“We are Knights of the Trinity, Angels of the Third Realm of Heaven Warriors of The Almighty Defenders of Righteousness, Truth. And… — J.B. Lion Copy Share Image
“We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot-box,… — Ignatius Donnelly Copy Share Image
The U.S. and, to a certain extent, countries in Europe as well, have experienced growing inequality within their population for decades -… — Nicholas Bloom Copy Share Image
There may be countries [where] there's no gender inequality in schooling, even in higher education, but [where there is] gender inequality in… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45… — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Copy Share Image
“On average, the real incomes of middle-class families have grown twice as fast under Democrats as they have under Republicans, while the… — Larry M. Bartels Copy Share Image
Most people believe that inequality is rising - and indeed it has been rising for a while in a number of rich… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“A global awakening can not happen. We all live in different time zones.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I will always have enough money to last the rest of my life...as long as I don't buy anything. — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
Retired public service workers make up the backbone of the middle class in so many of our communities. — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image